Chiral phosphoric acid catalyzed enantioselective Friedel-Crafts alkylation of indoles with nitroalkenes: Cooperative effect of 3 Å molecular sieves

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 47, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 4016-4018

  Itoh, Junji ^a   Fuchibe, Kohei ^a,b   Akiyama, Takahiko ^a  

^a GAKUSHUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asymmetric synthesis; Br nsted acids; Enantioselectivity; Friedel Crafts alkylation; Indoles

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; ALKYLATION; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; HYDROCARBONS; MOLECULAR SIEVES; PHOSPHORIC ACID;

ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL EQUATIONS; COOPERATIVE EFFECTS; ENANTIOSELECTIVE; ENANTIOSELECTIVITIES; FRIEDEL-CRAFTS; FRIEDEL-CRAFTS ALKYLATION; INDOLES; NITROALKENES;

SIEVES;

ALKENE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; NITRO DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHORIC ACID;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN BOND; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

ALKENES; ALKYLATION; CATALYSIS; HYDROGEN BONDING; INDOLES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NITRO COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHORIC ACIDS; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 47049125893     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200800770     Document Type: Article

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